Example sentences of "to [noun] for a few " in BNC.
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1 | After chatting to Davidson for a few minutes longer , he went back to his office . |
2 | On Monday she 's going back to mum for a few days . |
3 | We went to Weston-super-Mare for a few days . |
4 | In January 1936 Edward went to Windsor for a few weeks . |
5 | When King George died in 1952. and Queen Mary died in 1961 , Edward returned to Windsor for a few days . |
6 | I knew I was going to Stafford for a few days , but I do n't think , I 'll be there a fortnight . |
7 | Before the 1965 Immigration Act , Mirpuri and Bengali families would send their sons to England for a few months or a few years at a time . |
8 | In or after 1147 Andrew returned to England for a few troubled years as the first abbot of Wigmore , a daughter house of St Victor in Herefordshire . |
9 | When , in the summer of 1983 , she went to England for a few weeks , she took a French companion whose role was to instruct her during every spare moment . |
10 | We were in Stratford for the summer , but I went down to Hampshire for a few weeks to do some business for Will about some sheep . |
11 | However , I understand that , the other day , an English acrobat 's son came up to Scotland for a few hours and said that the whole thing was non-negotiable . |
12 | Yeah , you could pop up to Scotland for a few days . |
13 | That case is not expected to come to court for a few months and Dairy Crest wanted to stop him trading in the meantime . |
14 | ‘ I told him you would not be returning to Milano for a few days . ’ |
15 | As the monk studied God 's Word he would frequently find his heart lifting itself up to God for a few brief but intense moments . |
16 | Paddy Mayne 's veteran A Squadron returned from the Great Sand Sea to Kufra for a few days in mid-November , having successfully raided airfields around Gazala , familiar territory from the past . |
17 | Having got back to bed for a few hours , at 0800 Captain Moore arrives at his office in the RMP Headquarters , which is housed in the 1936 Olympic Stadium Barracks , and by mid-morning is feeling a bit smug about the noticeable dent in the paperwork on his desk . |
18 | When he realises that he has a migraine , my husband retires to bed for a few hours then spends the rest of the day in an armchair . |
19 | I 'm going to sleep for a few hours . ’ |
20 | Carole Ann Ford made her first film appearance at the age of eight , retired to school for a few years , and then emerged again at fifteen , working constantly thereafter until her landing of the part of Susan Foreman in the Summer of 1963 . |
21 | We 'll be going to London for a few days next month to find suitable premises , so I 'll be able to go down and see Mum and Dad and the children . |
22 | I 'd been to sea for a few years . |
23 | Better to hold on to power for a few days or hours longer . |
24 | He was probably always nipping down to Underwoods for a few grams of thallium . |
25 | Old man beaten to death for a few pounds . |
26 | Today , we debate a legislative programme that could have been proposed only by a Government who have no purpose other than hanging on to office for a few more months . |